{"value":{"id":1902017,"askingMemberId":4909,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-04-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-05-06T00:00:00","uin":"HL16627","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve awareness of heart valve disease among primary care professionals to support earlier diagnosis.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":347,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In April 2025, NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time programme introduced a nationally standardised eight-week treatment pathway for patients with severe aortic stenosis, which is an advanced heart valve disease. This system-level reform targets persistent delays between diagnosis and intervention for aortic stenosis, to reduce emergency admissions.</p><p>To improve awareness of heart valve disease in primary care and to aid in diagnosis, NHS England commissioned the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society in 2024 to develop a referral form to support the investigation of heart valve disease.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Heart Valve Disease: Diagnosis","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1902017","method":"GET"}]}